David Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk

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David John MacRae Carnegie, 14th Earl of Northesk, the son of Robert Carnegie, 13th Earl of Northesk and Jean Margaret MacRae, was born on 3 November 1954.

In 1979 he married Jacqueline Mary Reid and had four children:

Alexander Robert Macrae Carnegie, Lord Rosehill (16 November 1980—31 August 2001)
Sarah Louise Mary Carnegie (29 October 1982))
Fiona Jean Elizabeth Carnegie (24 March 1987)
Sophie Margaret Jean Carnegie (9 January 1990)

[edit] Son's Death

Lord Northesk's son, Alexander Carnegie, also known by his courtesy title Lord Rosehill, shot himself to death following a bout with mental illness. The 20-year-old peer shot himself in the head with his father's gun at the family estate at Haben Farm, Rogate, near Midhurst. while on leave from a mental hospital. Alexander Macrae Carnegie, Lord Rosehill, was on anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs for a year before his death on August 31. On the day of his death, his younger sister Lady Sarah Rosehill picked him up from Graylingwell mental hospital in Chichester. The coroner was unable to say for sure it was a suicide due to lack evidence, according to the UK Newsquest Regional Press, leaving the findings open.